If you are looking for ways to improve your classroom climate, engage your students, and help more students learn, you might what to examine how do you manage recitations and foster discussions in your classrooms. Classroom discourse is a key element in helping students understand science concepts.
II. Readings on Managing Classroom Discourse
Weinstein Mignano 2005 - Though often lauded by teachers, classroom discussion is a rare occurrence, with teachers instead typically using a recitation discourse pattern with their students. While recitation has its strengths, it also has several drawbacks which include its exclusivity and cultural bias. This page summarizes a book chapter that presents both forms of classroom discourse in the context of the elementary school classroom, and offers practical guidance for using both strategies. A link to a pdf of the original article is included.
==III. Planning Classroom Discussions
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How can we use what we've learned to plan a for a discussion this week?
Decide on an upcoming topic.
Take some notes and make a sketch focusing the key understandings.
Describe your questioning/discussion strategy.
List some of the leading questions that you will use.
Facilitating Classroom Discourse
I. Introduction
Why is classroom talk important to me?
If you are looking for ways to improve your classroom climate, engage your students, and help more students learn, you might what to examine how do you manage recitations and foster discussions in your classrooms. Classroom discourse is a key element in helping students understand science concepts.
II. Readings on Managing Classroom Discourse
==III. Planning Classroom Discussions
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How can we use what we've learned to plan a for a discussion this week?